The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-28
Local and state Notes.


The track OF the Albany e. Eastern road will
be completed this week from Watson to Silver
Creek.
G. F. Waldo has been appointed genera, super
intendent of the Wisconsin Central road, the
appointments to take effect to-day.
The l., B. & w. earned In the second week of
September $50. 272, a decrease, as compared
with it's earnings the corresponding week 1886,
of $500.
j. w. Morse late general passenger agent of
the Union Pacific. will, after Oct. /, represent
the passenger department. of the Missouri Pacific
ut Chicago.
The relations between the officials the Ohio
e. Mississippi road are said to have become more
harmonious with the near approach OF the an
nual election.
All of the Eastern lines which were boycotting
the Chicago & Rock Island road have notified
the latter that their tickets would again be
placed on SALE
E. A. Jones', who has represented the Central
been appointed freight and ticket agent of the
road at Oskaloosa, Iowa
The sessions of the Central Traffic Association
Mt Cincinnati on Monday were very stormy ones,
and at one time IL was thought the days OF the
association were numbered
The rardy manner in which grain is going
forward does not disturb the general freight
agents, as it secures a heavier movement by rail
during the winter months after navigation
closes
The ticket scalpers are complaining that the
ticket agents at the outside Offices are going
outside OF their legitimate sphere In selling
tickets and interfering with the business or the
regu lar scalper.
The citizens of Richmond Ind, are so san
guIne that the Evansville & Richm ond road will
be built that they are squabbling what line
" shall enter their city, and have asked the
Board of Trade to take the matter up
The general passenger agent of one of the
Indianapolis roads says he expects that as a
result of the present Generalization in passen-
ger rates cents per mile Will be made the uni
form rate over all roads in the Central Traffic
Association and by the trunk lines
Superintendent Mansfield, of the indianapolis
pie on the l. 81 V. are prosperous that 3S per
gent more of them were in attendance at the
State fair. rs shown by their passenger reports
lhan there was al the fair last year.
The Lake Erie 81 Western, this week, is dis
tributinr thirteen miles of steel rails between
Kokomo and Bunker Hill. When this is in the
track. the road between Indianapolis and Dsn-
YER, eighty-three miles. will be laid entirely
with steel rails weighing sixty pounds to the
Tard.
The project OF building another bridge across
the Ohio river. to be known as the Jefferson
Vile 81 Louisville bridge is taking definite
shape. The measurements for the bridge have
been completed 1t is proposed to have a rail-
road. a street car q carriage and foot passage
Bver IL
road liz progressing rapidly. The contract has
been let TO construct the road between Owens
boro and Henderson. AT the latter point the
road will connect with the Ohio Valley road.
When built il will doubtless prove n valuable
road to Evansville. through its connections.
l.. ID. Richardson's Chicago and Ohio river
pool, now Traffic Association. has been in exist
ence five years, nearly. and in no one month has
the passenger department. OF the four roads
running between indianapolis and Chicago